Ismael G. Muñoz

Degrees: PhD in Educational Theory and Policy with minor in Demography, MSc in International and Development Economics, BA in Economics

Present position: Postdoctoral Researcher, ECHO project

Positions during life: Graduate Research Assistant at Pennsylvania State University, Educational Researcher at the Ministry of Education of Peru, Research Assistant at Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE).

Honors and awards: Dissertation Research Initiation Award, Dean’s Graduate Fellowship

Recent publications:

• Muñoz, I.G. & Santos-Lozada, A.R. (2021). Educational Attainment and Psychological Distress Among Working-Age Adults in the United States. Social Science & Medicine: Mental Health, 1, 100003. 
• Muñoz, I.G., Baker, D.P., & Peters, E. (2020). Explaining the Education-Health Gradient in Preventing STIs in Andean Peru: Cognitive Executive Functioning, Awareness and Health Knowledge. International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 46, 113-124. 
• Baker, D.P., Smith, W.C., Muñoz, I.G., Jeon, H., Fu, T., Leon, J., Salinas, D., & Horvatek, R. (2017). The Population Education Transition Curve: Education Gradients across Population Exposure to New Lifestyles with Health Implications. Demography, 54(5), 1873-1895. 

Summary of the investigation:

Ismael’s research projects align with an overarching agenda aimed to understand the causes and consequences of educational inequality, with particular focus on how inequities in educational experiences and attainment influence health outcomes over the life course. For this purpose, he employs a wide range of methodological designs, including demographic and quasi-experimental techniques applied to cross-national and close case studies.